Yahya Bihram | |
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ࡉࡀࡄࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1811 |
| Died | late 1800s |
| Children | Yasmin Bana (daughter), Mhatam (son), and others |
| Parent | Adam Yuhana |
| Known for | Revival of the Mandaean priesthood |
| Other names | Yahia Bihram |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Relatives | Ram Zihrun (cousin) Bibia Mudalal (sister) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
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Yahya Bihram (also spelled Yahia Bihram; Classical Mandaic: ࡉࡀࡄࡉࡀ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ) was a 19th-century Mandaean priest. Although initially a learned layman (yalufa), he became known for reviving the Mandaean priesthood after a cholera epidemic had killed all living Mandaean priests in 1831. He is mentioned in the colophons of various Mandaean manuscripts.[1]
- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1999). "Glimpses of A Life: Yahia Bihram, Mandaean priest". History of Religions. 39: 32–49. doi:10.1086/463572.